Nationalism and Classicism - University of Reading European and International Studies
Nationalism and Classicism - University of Reading European and International Studies
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8 July, 1998
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This is a comparative study of the national significance of the classical revival which marked English and French art during the second half of the nineteenth century. It argues that the main focus of artists' interest in classical Greece, was the body of the Greek athlete. It explains this interest, first, by artists' contact with the art of Pheidias and Polycletus which portrayed it; and second, by the claim, made by physical anthropologists, that the classical body typified the race of the European nations.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780333691496 |
| ISBN10 | 0333691490 |
| Number Of Pages | 281 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Format | hardback |
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Dr Athena Leoussi